A Cypriot delegation confirmed that “Cyprus is not a party” in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel and that it is “strongly opposed to the use of its territory by a third party to attack another country.”
The delegation also assured that “the land in question, on which the military maneuvers (by Israel) took place, is under British authority.”
According to local channel LBCI, the delegation made these statements following a meeting with Acting Director of General Security, Elias Baissari.
These clarifications from the Cypriots come a few days after the speech given by Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday evening, in which he referred to “operations carried out by the Israeli army in Cyprus.”
Nasrallah did not hesitate to issue a warning to Cyprus, threatening to consider the island as “a party to the war if it made its airports and infrastructure available to Israel.”
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“We will consider ourselves at war with Cyprus if the island opens its airports and military bases to Israel to target Lebanon,” the Hezbollah leader had warned.
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